safety 1. Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services 2. Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely 3. Identify sources of current guidance for planning healthy and safe environments and services 4. Explain how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or service
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Catastrophic Hazard Control 1. Background Transfield Services is a highly diverse organisation in the work we do‚ geographically and culturally. With this diversity comes an extreme variation in hazards faced on each of our contracts. In recognition of this we are mandating a global process for the identification and control of catastrophic hazards on all our contracts. This initiative is fully supported by the Transfield Services Executive Team‚ has been incorporated into the global business
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collecting information showing that human health‚ the degree of exposure and the toxicity of chemicals were related. Permissible exposure limits were set for workplaces and the acceptable levels of exposure to toxic agents were introduced (Paustenbach‚ D. J. (2002). Late in the 1940 ’s attention began to focus more on what was considered lower risk hazards. Assessments and tests that were conducted showed that organic chemicals like waste by-product‚ herbicides‚ and pesticides posed a threat to water‚ soil
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Understand potential hazards in Health and Social Care Assignment Introduction In this unit I will explain six potential hazards in a Health and Social Care setting. These hazards in the Health and Social Care setting can all affect the people working in that environment; there are a lot of hazards which can be found in every surface of the setting. In a residential or day care setting‚ much is done to ensure that service users‚ and therefore staff as well‚ are protected from harm. The group of users
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site subject to geologic hazards (seismic‚ landslide‚ mudflow or tsunami)? YES/NO If yes please specify which hazards‚ the (ir) extent‚ and the relative level of risk. *YES - HAZARDS : 1. Earthquake 2. Landslide 3. Lahar flow 4. Ash fall 5. Tsunami 2. Will the proposed project create a geologic hazard or increase the intensity of such a hazard? YES / NO If yes‚ specify which hazard‚ how it will increase the hazard‚ the extent of increase‚ and
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reduce injuries while youth are in my care. This is an important facet of my job for the safety of children. Older youth often think they are invincible and tend to ignore hazards in the environment and many do not take into consideration behaviors that could cause injury. I promote safety by making the youth aware of the hazard and supervising them at all times. Because it is normal for youth to try new things I support them by planning safe structured risk-taking activities that challenge their
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legislation came into force to protect employees‚ young people and children within their work/school place against any hazard(s) under health and Safety. The Health and Safety Act 1974 was set up to ensure individuals within any particular setting were made responsible for ensuring documented policies and procedures were adopted and in place which allows for anyone to report a potential hazard. Under section 7 of the Health and Safety at work Act 1974‚ there is a duty on all employees to take reasonable
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landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ flood and cyclones are natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of habitat and property each year. The rapid growth of the world’s population and its increased concentration often in hazardous environment has escalated both the frequency and severity of natural disasters. Asia tops the list of casualties due to natural disaster. Among various natural hazards‚ earthquakes‚ landslides‚ floods and cyclones are the major disasters
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natural hazards‚ and it provides a framework for looking at livelihoods and vulnerability. * The limitation of the model‚ is that it is a tool for explaining vulnerability‚ not for measuring it. The model cannot be applied operationally without a great deal of data collection and analysis. * Computer assisted techniques * The use of computer software programs to automate steps of the risk management process. For example the use of GIS and remote sensing has allowed hazard mapping
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Worst Cases Book Review Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination. Lee Clarke. Chicago: Worst Cases is an analytical book written in a language that can be read by the average person and not so technical that it can’t be understood. This book gives certain “worst case scenerios” and explains how society may react to these scenarios if they were to happen. Not only does Worst Cases give scenarios of worst cases events‚ but it also gives real life disasters and how society
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